Pan-holder and stove-lid lifter.



. 13. KEssLER. PAN `HOLDER AND STOVE LID LIFTEB. APPLIQATION FILED JUNE l10, 19D?. BENEWED AUG. 5, 1908.

- Patented Sept.y 29,1908.

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PAN-HOLDER AND S-TOVE-LID LIFTER.

, i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 29, 190s.

Application led June 10, 1907, Serial No. 378,189. Renewed August 5, 1908. Serial No. 447,140.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, BENJAMIN KEssLER, a c itizen of the United States, and a resident of Cabinet, in the county of Bonner and act description.

, has a downwardly projecting spur 7;

This invention relates to cooking range accessories, and the object of the invention is to produce a device which may be used conveniently as a holder or handle for pans not havingpermanent handles, and which can also be used as a stove lid lifter.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of partsfto be .more fully described hereinafter .and particularly set forth inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this'- specification, in which similar charac'teis of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a portion of a pan and illustrating the manner in which the device is used-when employed as a an holder; Fig. 2 is a plan of the device without the pan; Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing vanother application l of the an holder; and Fig.A 4 1s a perspective lView showing the manner of using the device as a lid lifter. f

Referring more particularly tothe parts, 1 represents the handle of the device, which is formed at its forward extremity with a downwardly inclined extension or shank 2 which terminates in a horizontally projecting toe 3. On the side of the shank at the forward portion of the handle-1 a lever 4 is pivotallyy attached upon a suitable stud or pin 5, and this lever extends beyond the stud and is formed into a catch or linger 6 whlih e butt of the handle is provided with a keeper 8 which is in the form lof aring having a transverse bar 9 at the upper side thereof, which is mounted to swing like a hinge in eyes 10 attached to the handle. The toe 3 affords means for removably attaching a fork 11 to the handle, which fork has substantially the form shown in Fig. 2; that is, has form of a horseshoe, and is provided at its middle point and on its under face with a cleat or socket 12 through which the toe 3 dotted lines.

tate this inode of operation.

ils thrust from the rear, as indicated in The device isadapted to be used as a pan holder in the 'manner indicated in Fig. 1. The forward ends of the fork 11 are forced under the pan inthe manner shown, so as to bring the edge of the pan'near the shank 2. The lever 4 which is previously unlatched from the keeper 8, is allowed vto assume the openposition in which it is indicated-in The lever is then closed so as to bring it into substantial alinementwith the handle, and in this way the finger (S moves downwardly so that the spur '7 projects down into the pan at the edge thereof. The keeper 8 is then allowed to engage the end of the lever 4, which preferably projects beyond the butt of theI handle sol as to facilithe pan .will evidently be held by the handle so that it-can be moved from place to place.

A handle of this constrlmtion is very useful in handling hot pans in removing them from the oven or from the top of the range. When 4the. fork 11 isdetachedfrom the handle, the-handle may then be used as an ordinary stove lid lift-er in the manner indicated in Fig. 4, the toe 'lbeing forced into the socket 13 in the'stove lid 14, in the manner shown.

Where a pan of sufliciently 'small size is to be moved, such as a pic pan, the handle may be applied in the manner indicated in F ig. 3. When using the handle in this manner, the lever 4 is not used to hold the pan, but the fork is simply applied to'the pan so that it extends partly around it, the weightl In this way comprising a handle having a shank with a rejecting toe adapted to be used as alid liter, a member removably attached to said toe and adapted to be thrust under a pan, said member having laterally projecting eX- tensions preventing the pan from tipping to one side, and means movably carried by said handle for engagingthe edge of a pan.

2. A combination lid lifter and pan holder comprising a. handle having a projecting toe for lid-lifting, a removable fork having a. socket receiving said toe and adapted to i In testimony whereof I have signed my be thrust under a. pan to support the same, name to thls speclhcatmn 1n the presence o1' a. lever plvntatly attaclnd t sald handle two subscrlbmg wltnesses.

and hating a` spul' ac'laptl'l to engage the BENJ'AMlN KESSLER. 5 upped. edge of the pan, and a kvcpur attached Witnesses:

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